Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES JAMES E. MADISON, OE ONEIDA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57.3118, dated August21, 1866.

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. MADISON, of Oneida, in the State ofIllinois, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact description ot'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs and theletters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a side view ot' my machine. L is acrank; A, a balance or iiywheel. O is also a crank; D, a pitman; E, a sliding cogged rack, whichslides on the guide-rod G. This cogged rack E gears into a cogged wheel,S. (See Fig. 3.) l 2.3 are the pendulum rubbers or washers attached tothree arms, 4, (see Fig.

4,) and these arms are attached to a perpen-V dicular shaft, on theupper end ot' which is the Wheel S. By this construction the rubbers aremade to revolve alternatelr from left to right and from right to left. Ois the Wash- Fig. f5 is a top view of my machine. A is the iiy-Wheel onthe shaft M 5 K, the pinion; B, the large cogged Wheel; D, the pitman;F, the cogged rack; S, the cogged Wheel on the shaft on which therubbers l 2 3 are suspended.

Fig. 4 is a top View of the arms on which the pendulum'rubbers l 2 3 arehung.

Fig. 5 is a side View ofthe rubbers.

The clothes are put in the box O with the water, and on turning thecrank L they are thoroughly cleansed in a few moments.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The rubbers l 2 3, operated by the crank O and the pitman D, and thecogged rack F, in combination with the wheel S and ywhcel A, when thesame are constructed inthe aforesaid combination, and for the purposesSet forth.

. JAMES It. MADISON.

Witnesses G. W. ROE,

G. F. DUNTLEY.

